# A few football coaching questions

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**Created:** [September 24, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-football-coaching-questions/797204 "2017-09-24T19:49:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-football-coaching-questions/797204/1 "2017-09-24T19:49:16Z")

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1. When the head coach calls plays, does he do so on both sides of the ball?

2. How common is that the offensive and/or defensive coordinators call plays?

3. If the coordinators are calling the plays, what is the head coach doing?

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> [@Daddypants](#):
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> 1. When the head coach calls plays, does he do so on both sides of the ball?
> 
> 2. How common is that the offensive and/or defensive coordinators call plays?
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> 3. If the coordinators are calling the plays, what is the head coach doing?
> 
> Sent from my SPH-L720T using Tapatalk

1. Almost never.
2. 75% of the time this happens. 25% of the time the HC calls plays on one side of the ball, usually offense.
3. Managing the game - timeouts, working the refs, setting tone, dictating situational calls to the coordinators.